Yamamoto was born in 1957 in Gamagori City in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.

He presently uses photography to capture images evoking memories.

[2] He blurs the border between painting and photography, by experimenting with printing surfaces.

He dyes, tones (with tea), paints on, and tears his photographs.

He also makes installation art with his small photographs to show how each print is part of a larger reality.